Khi bạn đang thư giãn trên giường trước khi đi ngủ, nó là tốt để suy nghĩ về một vấn đề đòi hỏi một số hoạt động Tâm Sâu. Giá trị của làm như vậy từ lâu đã được biết đến. Leonardo da Vinci đã viết: "Nó là không có lợi ích nhỏ tìm thấy chính mình | 19 Sleep on the problem It is the heart always that sees before the head can see. Thomas Carlyle When you are relaxed in bed before going to sleep it is good to think about an issue requiring some Depth Mind activity. The value of doing so has long been known. As Leonardo da Vinci wrote It is no small benefit on finding oneself in bed in the dark to go over again in the imagination the main lines of the forms previously studied or other noteworthy things conceived by ingenious speculation. Of course you might actually dream of a solution. Why we dream is still largely a mystery. Dreams are extraordinary creations of our imagining faculty in the inner brain. 103 The Art of Creative Thinking Sometimes they have messages from the hidden parts of our brain for us not by telephone this time but coded in an alien language of images. The man who invented the Singer sewing machine reached an impasse when he could not get the thread to run through the needle consistently. When he was at his wit s end he dreamed one night that he was being chased by natives carrying spears. As they came closer he noticed that every spear had a hole at the bottom of the blade and the next morning he made a needle with its eye near the point instead of at the top. His machine was complete. You may like to try the experiment of jotting down fragments of dreams you can recall when you wake up. See how many suggestions or meanings you can discern in them. Even if they do not solve your problems dreams may reveal your true feelings and desires especially if these have been suppressed for too long. As William Golding said Sleep is when all the unsorted stuff comes flying out from a dustbin upset in a high wind. Occasionally you will be rewarded by a real clue in your dreams. Roy Plomley on Desert Island Discs narrated one such instance involving Sir Basil Spence the distinguished architect who designed Coventry Cathedral In designing a project of such vast size and complexity there were bound to be
